AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University and Dr. James Corones, a
former administrator at the Ames Laboratory, have reached an
agreement mutually resolving any disputes concerning a grant
awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Under the agreement, Corones has resigned from Iowa State
University effective August 15, 1997, said Paul Tanaka,
director of Iowa State's Legal Services.

The agreement resolves a dispute over a DOE grant that was
awarded to the Krell Institute, which was started by Corones.
The three-year, $7.1 million grant is for three education
programs in computer science that had been administered by
the Ames Laboratory, which is run for the DOE by Iowa
State.

DOE initially awarded the grant to Krell in October 1996, but
Iowa State asked that DOE review its decision to transfer the
programs outside of Ames Laboratory. This past June, the DOE
rejected Iowa State's appeal.

In addition to being the program director of Informatics and
Math/Computer Education at the Ames Lab, Corones was a
tenured professor in the ISU math department.